Indian Railways Interesting Facts: We all must have travelled by Indian Railways at some point or the other. There are more than 7 thousand railway stations in the country, from which more than 10 thousand trains depart every day and crores of people travel by it every day. Keeping in mind the convenience of people of every class, the railways has coaches of different categories, which include coaches from general coaches to first class AC. In these coaches, different types of facilities are given to the passengers according to the category.
The fare of these coaches is also more or less according to the facilities provided in them. It is natural that passengers have to pay more fare for AC coaches than for general and sleeper coaches. But have you ever wondered that when you do not need AC in winter, then why does the railway charge you more fare. Let us know everything about this rule related to railways.
AC coaches are more expensive than general and sleeper coaches
Railways charges fare from passengers based on the facilities provided in train coaches. In which the lowest fare is charged from those with general tickets and the highest fare is charged from those with AC coaches. Passengers get many other facilities in AC coaches apart from AC. However, it is very important to know here that the AC installed in the train is an Air Conditioner, not an Air Cooler. Which means that it does not just cool the air, but controls the temperature of the air inside the coaches
Does the train’s AC not run in winter?
If you also have a question in your mind whether the AC does not run inside the train in winter, then let us tell you that this is not the case. The AC installed in the train keeps the coach cool in summer and warm in winter. In such a situation, when the outside temperature is 40-45 degrees Celsius, the AC installed in the train keeps the temperature inside at 20-25 degrees, whereas in winters when the outside temperature is 4-5 degrees Celsius, the temperature inside the train remains up to 20 degrees Celsius.
In summer, the AC running inside the train can be easily felt, but the railways runs heaters inside the coach in winters for the convenience of its passengers. Along with this, let us tell you that the heater running inside the train is of a special kind, due to which your skin does not become dry despite staying in it for a long time. In such a situation, you must have understood why the railways charge you the fare for AC even in winters.
